Virginia Code 8.01-4.3: Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury; penalty
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If a matter in any judicial proceeding or administrative hearing is required or permitted to be established by a sworn written declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath, or affidavit, such matter may, with like force and effect, be evidenced, by the unsworn written declaration, certificate, verification, or statement, which is subscribed by the maker as true under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 8.01-4.3
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
- Notary: means notary public. See Virginia Code 1-226
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Oath: includes affirmation. See Virginia Code 1-228
- sworn: means "affirm" or "affirmed. See Virginia Code 1-250
“I declare (or certify, verify or state) under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.”
This section shall not apply to a deposition, an oath of office, or an oath required to be taken before a specified official other than a notary public.
2005, c. 423.